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=__Russia__=

v Natural Resource’s

 * Oil
 * Natural gas
 * Minerals
 * Rare Earth Elements
 * Timber
 * Gold

v Economic Activities
Scientific instrument
 * Mining
 * Economic Activities
 * Mining[[image:worldgeography9/Bosse-Comunication.jpg width="215" height="191" align="right"]][[image:worldgeography9/Bosse-Mining1.jpg width="251" height="243" align="right"]]
 * Extractive industries
 * Machine building
 * Transportation equipment
 * Commercial equipment
 * Agricultural Machinery
 * Construction equipment
 * Electric power generating
 * Transmitting equipment
 * Medical

v // Communication //

 * Radio
 * Telephone
 * Newspaper
 * Internet

v Population and Culture

 * Population Density- 21.9 per sq. mi
 * Primary Religion-
 * [[image:worldgeography9/Bosse-Culture 4.png align="right"]]Russian Orthodox, Muslim, and Christian
 * Life expectancy- 59.8 male; 73.2 female
 * HIV Rate- 1%
 * Education-

Compulsory: ages 6-10 Literacy: 99.6%

v Transportation
> practical option
 * Public transportation remains a
 * Transportation
 * Railway
 * Motor Vehicles[[image:worldgeography9/Bosse-culture 2.png align="right"]]
 * Civil aviation
 * Subway
 * Buses[[image:bosse-trade.gif width="308" height="545" align="right"]]
 * Airplanes

v Trade

 * 53% of exports
 * Major source energy and fuel
 * Russia became a member of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) in 1998
 * Russia and US sign a bilateral agreement for Russia’s entry in to World Trade Organization(WTO)

v Global Issues
Fish Population Russia’s pipeline = v Government=
 * Russia’s supertrawlers are largely to blame
 * Millions of fish die unnecessarily die every year
 * Permafrost
 * Where it once covered the Sub-Arctic region now shallow lakes stand
 * Is constructed to carry oil from Siberia to Pacific Ocean
 * Environmentalist fear it is to close the wilderness area
 * If an oil spill were to happen it could kill so of the wildlife
 * Head of State
 * Pres. Dmitri Medvedev
 * Born Sept 14, 1965
 * In office May 7, 2008
 * Head of Government
 * Prime Minister Vladimir Putin[[image:worldgeography9/Harley- Government.jpg width="320" align="right"]]
 * Born Oct 7, 1952
 * In office May 8, 2008
 * Local Divisions
 * 7 federal districts
 * 49 provinces
 * 21 autonomous republic
 * 6 territories
 * 1 autonomous region
 * 10 autonomous districts
 * 2 federal cities
 * Military Defense Bud
 * $41,400,000,0 Active troop
 * 1,046,00
 * War
 * [[image:worldgeography9/Harley- History j.jpg width="263" align="right"]]1917 Revolution
 * Started strikes for higher pay in factories

= v History= =** v The land**= Lake Baikal World’s oldest and deepest lake 1 ,500 native species of aquatic plants and animals 1/5 of the world’s fresh water Called “The Pearl of Siberia” Considered a natural wonder by Russians Siberian Rivers Flows east Warm river ¨ Located in Western side or Russia
 * Slavic
 * Migrated to Russia in the 5th century
 * Founded Novgorod and Kiev in 9th century
 * Mongols Overran country in 13th century
 * Grand dukes and the princes of Moscow recovered the country from Mongols
 * 1480 freed its self from Mongols
 * Ivan the terrible
 * Proclaimed tsar in 154
 * Peter the Grea
 * 1682- 172
 * Extended domain
 * In 1721, founded Russian empire
 * Water Systems
 * Polluted Water Systems
 * Moskva and Volga Rivers
 * Ob’
 * Irtysh
 * Yesisey
 * [[image:worldgeography9/Harley- History.jpg width="199" height="514" align="right"]] Lena
 * Amur
 * Volga River
 * “Mother Volga”

 Plains ¨ Largest River
 * Central Siberian Plateau
 * Not very populated
 * Located in Central Russia
 * Largest plateau
 * Northern European plain
 * Western side or Russia
 * Western side or Russia
 * Very Fertile land
 * West Siberian Plain


 * North West of European Plain
 * One-million square miles of flat land
 * Mountains
 * Ural
 * Outskirts of western Russia
 * Makes the traditional between Europe, Russia, and Asia

> Caucasus
 * Southwestern Russia
 * In between Black and Caspian Sea
 * Attracted human settlement
 * Mountain Elbrus[[image:worldgeography9/Harley- Russia climate.jpg width="480" height="307" align="right"]]
 * Located on Mount Caucasus
 * Extinct volcano reaches 18,510 feet

v **Climate** >> Some of the coldest temperatures in Subarctic = = = v Livestock=
 * Tundra
 * Vast treeless plain
 * Dominates landscape
 * Normally lies north of Arctic Circle
 * Subarctic
 * South of Tundra
 * 120-250 days each year with snow on the ground
 * Extends to much of Siberia
 * Humid Continental
 * Most of European Plain and a small part of southern Siberia
 * v Agriculture**
 * Kolkhozes
 * Farms worked by farmers who shared production and profits[[image:worldgeography9/Russia- climate.jpg width="320" height="223" align="right"]]
 * Factories where farm workers received wages
 * Factories where farm workers received wages

Cattle Chicken Goat Pig Sheep Fish Catch
 * 21 million
 * 366.3 million
 * 2.2 million[[image:worldgeography9/bosse-farming 2.jpg width="480" height="305" align="right"]]
 * 16.2 million
 * 19.6 million
 * 3.9 million tons of fish a year




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